The Educational Planning Committee
The Educational Planning Committee (EPC) oversees strategic academic planning for all instructional departments at LACC. The EPC makes recommendations to the Senate on all aspects of the College's educational program, including the following:

  • Educational Master Planning
  • Program Review
  • Program Viability Review (program creation, discontinuance, etc.)
  • Instructional Budget Allocation
  • Additional

The EPC meets on the first and third Wednesday of every month during Fall and Spring Semesters, and during intersessions as needed, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the President's Conference Room. EPC membership includes nine Academic Senate faculty, one AFT Faculty Guild representative, one staff guild representative, one representative of the ASBG, and three administrators. Current Executive Committee members may be contacted at the phone numbers and e-mail address listed below:

Officer/Rep. / Name / Number / E-mail Address
Co-Chair/Senate / Maryanne Des Vignes / X2770 /
Co-Chair/Admin. / Merrill Eastcott / X2056 /
Senate / Hector Aguilar / X2251 /
Senate / Melvin Aaron / - /
Senate / Dana Cohen / X2500 /
Senate / Gary Colombo / X2701 /
Senate / Thelma Day / X2900 /
Administration / Jackie Ireland / X2052 /
Senate / Ed Vasquez / X2942 /
Administration / Leanna Watts / X2450 /
Senate / C. Werble / X2292 /
Senate / Roger Wolf / X2811 /
AFT / Arax Cohen / X2500 /
Staff Guild / Ray Hicks / X2179 /
ASBG / Rebecca Grande / - / -

From: Academic Senate Bylaws

Section 12 The Educational Planning Committee. The membership of this committee shall consist of ten (10) faculty members appointed by the Academic Senate (including the chair of the Chairs Caucus and the Curriculum Committee chair and at least one representative from each Inter-departmental Work Group (IDWG), two (2) AFT Faculty Guild representatives, the Vice President of Academic Services, two (2) additional administrative representatives, one (1) representative of the AFT Staff Guild, one (1) representative of the ASBG, the Staff and Professional Development Committee Coordinator, and the College Dean of Research.

Clause 1 The Educational Master Planning Committee chair shall be a faculty member appointed by the Academic Senate.

Clause 2 The committee shall make recommendations to the Academic Senate on all aspects of the College’s educational programs related to strategic planning and decision making, including the formulation of the College’s Strategic, Educational, Facilities, and Information Technology Master Plans, revision of the College’s Vision, Mission, and Philosophy statements, design and implementation of Program Review for academic departments, program viability review, and all strategic aspects of the College budget planning process that impact educational programs.

Clause 3 The committee shall appoint ad-hoc subcommittees as required to fulfill its charge.